[Redleg Duke]

I am old enough to remember the infamous “TFX”...the previous time the DoD went for “One SIze Fits All”. In the end, the F-111 saw limited service as an Air Force strike bomber and ECM Platform.

We need to change the DoD back to the War Department...which is their job. We need the Services to determine what their missions are, individually, and acquire the right platforms for those missions, for the services. At best, subsystem modularity would be appropriate, but for God’s Sake, stop trying to do everything with one widget!

And, put a rational evaluation on the value of tech.

[Gen.Blather]

“I am old enough to remember the infamous “TFX”...the previous time the DoD went for “One SIze Fits All”. In the end, the F-111 saw limited service as an Air Force strike bomber and ECM Platform.
We need to change the DoD back to the War Department...which is their job. We need the Services to determine what their missions are, individually, and acquire the right platforms for those missions, for the services. At best, subsystem modularity would be appropriate, but for God’s Sake, stop trying to do everything with one widget!
And, put a rational evaluation on the value of tech.”

Where is that like button?

[2CAVTrooper]

And the F-111 turned out to be an excellent interdiction/strike and later ECM platform.

[Waverunner]

Planes like the F20 Tigershark that made the DOD process of procurement look like crap.. Which is why the USAF wouldn't buy it, but it was to good to allow it to compete with F16's at about 1/3rd the price with the dogfighting capabilities only exceeded by the F22 .